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== Précis ==
== Précis ==
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== MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary ==
== MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary ==


'''The official summary is not available as this episode has not yet aired in the United States.'''
When armed goons kidnap Jeanie Miller, Rodney McKay's sister, from her home in Vancouver, McKay, Sheppard and Ronon race to Earth to search for her. McKay quickly discovers that Jeanie's computer has been hacked. He traces the source of the intrusion to an office building and hurries there without waiting for Sheppard and Ronon to back him up. But the clue is a trap. Armed men ambush and abduct him, too.


===Spoiler Summary===
McKay is transported to a mysterious laboratory where Jeanie is waiting. Their captor, Henry Wallace, is the president of Devlin Medical Technologies, a government contractor for the Stargate program that has been building prototype medical nanites based on Replicator technology. Sadly, Wallace's daughter, Sharon, is dying of cancer. He has foolishly risked injecting her with nanites, but the incomplete, untested micro-machines have only made her worse. Wallace knows that Jeanie and McKay have been collaborating via e-mail to write code for Replicator nanites, and he demands that they find a way to save his daughter.


Henry Wallace kidnaps Jeanie Miller, McKay’s sister, which leads to McKay’s subsequent capture as well. Wallace knew about the SGC’s subcutaneous transponders and disabled McKay’s. He had knowledge of this technology because he worked for the company that manufactured them for the SGC, Devlin Medical Technologies. The company was given limited access to alien technology brought to Earth through the Stargate Program, and Wallace eventually put the pieces together after years of witnessing the military’s unbelievable technological advances. One of the company’s recent projects includes the development of nanotechnology to cure injury and disease. According to McKay, the Devlin Medical has just barely gotten the manufacturing of the nanites perfected and McKay himself was still months away from getting them programmed. Wallace discovered the connection of this nanotechnology to Atlantis and began to monitor McKay’s e-mails to Miller. Based on the content of these e-mails, Wallace believed that Miller had a better understanding of the programming than her brother.
McKay doesn't trust Wallace and persuades Jeanie to escape, but the two are recaptured. To force them to help, Wallace injects Jeanie with nanites, meaning that she will weaken like Sharon unless she and McKay find a cure. Under this coercion, McKay and Jeanie take bold steps to unleash the full power of the nanites.


Wallace is attempting to save the life of his daughter Sharon, about 18-20 years old, who is close to death with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The doctors have lost hope that she’ll survive and advise the family to prepare for her death. Not wishing to see his daughter die, Wallace worked on the nanite technology and implanted it into his daughter, but her body began to reject the foreign bodies. He hopes that Miller and McKay can reprogram the nanites in time to save his daughter’s life.
Sharon briefly improves, then dies — and then comes back to life in a strange, mindless state. Her father is horrified. McKay and Jeanie realize that the nanites possess too much initiative: after curing the cancer, the machines shut down her body to repair other defects they discovered. In the process, they erased her personality. The same thing will soon happen to Jeanie, who has epilepsy. After the nanites shut down her brain for repairs, she'll never be the same again.


In the meantime, Agent Malcolm Barrett, Sgt. Harriman, Sheppard, and Ronon are back at the SGC attempting to find the two missing scientists.  
Having been searching for McKay and Jeanie all this time, Sheppard finally identifies Wallace as the culprit. He and Ronon assault the building and free the siblings. Back at Stargate Command, McKay puts Jeanie into an induced coma and breaks her legs to distract the nanites for a few hours. He must write a code to shut the nanites down, but the task is too great for him to accomplish on his own.


'''NOTE: Spoiler information is subject to change as the episode is in production.'''
At his request, the Wraith prisoner from Atlantis — an expert on Replicator code — is transported to Earth to help him. The Wraith agrees to assist because this project might someday lead to the Replicators' destruction, but he is weak. He hasn't fed on a human in days. Soon, he collapses. Unless someone is sacrificed to his terrible hunger, Jeanie will die.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Kate Hewlett]] as [[Jeanie Miller]]
* [[Kate Hewlett]] as [[Jeanie Miller]]
* [[Christopher Heyerdahl]] as [[Wraith]]
* [[Peter Flemming]] as [[Malcolm Barrett|NID Agent Malcolm Barrett]]
* [[Peter Flemming]] as [[Malcolm Barrett|NID Agent Malcolm Barrett]]
* [[David Nykl]] as [[Radek Zelenka|Dr. Radek Zelenka]]
* [[Brendan Gall]] as [[Kaleb Miller]]
* [[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman|Sgt. Walter Harriman]]  
* [[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman|Sgt. Walter Harriman]]  
* Steven Culp as Henry Wallace
* [[Steven Culp]] as [[Henry Wallace]]
* Sharon Wallace
* [[Madison Bell]] as [[Madison Miller]]
* [[Mark Gash]] as Doctor
* [[Sheri Noel]] as [[Atlantis Scientists|Scientist]]
* [[Doron Bell Jr.]] [[Fuller|as SF (Fuller)]]
* [[Libby Osler]] as [[Sharon Wallace]]
* [[Ron Blecker]] as Goon


== Production ==
== Production ==


* Written by [[Martin Gero]]
* Written by [[Martin Gero]]
* Directed by  
* Directed by [[Andy Mikita]]


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==
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=== Keywords ===
=== Keywords ===


* [[Atlantis]]
* [[Devlin Medical Technologies]]
* [[Devlin Medical Technologies]]
* [[Nanotechnology]]
* [[Nanotechnology]]
* [[Asurans|Replicators]]
* [[Stargate Command (SGC)]]
* [[Stargate Command (SGC)]]
* [[Stargate Program]]
* [[Stargate Program]]
* [[Subcutaneous Transponder]]s
* [[Wraith]]


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
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== Related Links ==
== Related Links ==
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==Production Notes==
==Production Notes==
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* "The director’s cut of Miller’s Crossing came in a little long which will probably mean a scene or two not making the cut - but hopefully finding their way onto a future Deleted Footage Special Feature. By the way, guest star Steven Culp is terrific in this one." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 2 blog)
* "The director’s cut of Miller’s Crossing came in a little long which will probably mean a scene or two not making the cut - but hopefully finding their way onto a future Deleted Footage Special Feature. By the way, guest star Steven Culp is terrific in this one." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 2 blog)
*  Joseph Mallozzi identified this episode in conjunction with the fan comment: "Speaking of which, I second the wish someone had yesterday for some good McShep — er, McKay/Sheppard friendship moments, of the not-nearly-so-snarky, plenty-angsty variety." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 3 blog)
*  Joseph Mallozzi identified this episode in conjunction with the fan comment: "Speaking of which, I second the wish someone had yesterday for some good McShep — er, McKay/Sheppard friendship moments, of the not-nearly-so-snarky, plenty-angsty variety." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 3 blog)
* "Actually three great mixes of late: ...Miller’s Crossing (With that incredibly angsty McKay-Sheppard scene.)" (Joseph Mallozzi's October 31 blog)


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
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* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/ Joseph Mallozzi's Blog]
* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/ Joseph Mallozzi's Blog]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=846 Solutions Spoiler Blog: "Miller's Crossing"]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=846 Solutions Spoiler Blog: "Miller's Crossing"]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=1039 Solutions: SGA "Miller's Crossing": Consequences Hit Home, November 20, 2007.]
* [http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=43 MGM: Close Up: Kate Hewlett, December 3, 2007.]
* [http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=49 MGM: The Right Direction: Part Two (Interview with Director Andy Mikita), January 10, 2008]


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Précis

Jeanie McKay Miller and Dr. Rodney McKay are kidnapped by businessman Henry Wallace on Earth. Wallace wants the McKays to fix the nanites he implanted in his daughter to cure her cancer — they are malfunctioning. Wallace injects nanintes into Jeanie to make his point, and Rodney must rely on Todd and his team to save her.

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MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

When armed goons kidnap Jeanie Miller, Rodney McKay's sister, from her home in Vancouver, McKay, Sheppard and Ronon race to Earth to search for her. McKay quickly discovers that Jeanie's computer has been hacked. He traces the source of the intrusion to an office building and hurries there without waiting for Sheppard and Ronon to back him up. But the clue is a trap. Armed men ambush and abduct him, too.

McKay is transported to a mysterious laboratory where Jeanie is waiting. Their captor, Henry Wallace, is the president of Devlin Medical Technologies, a government contractor for the Stargate program that has been building prototype medical nanites based on Replicator technology. Sadly, Wallace's daughter, Sharon, is dying of cancer. He has foolishly risked injecting her with nanites, but the incomplete, untested micro-machines have only made her worse. Wallace knows that Jeanie and McKay have been collaborating via e-mail to write code for Replicator nanites, and he demands that they find a way to save his daughter.

McKay doesn't trust Wallace and persuades Jeanie to escape, but the two are recaptured. To force them to help, Wallace injects Jeanie with nanites, meaning that she will weaken like Sharon unless she and McKay find a cure. Under this coercion, McKay and Jeanie take bold steps to unleash the full power of the nanites.

Sharon briefly improves, then dies — and then comes back to life in a strange, mindless state. Her father is horrified. McKay and Jeanie realize that the nanites possess too much initiative: after curing the cancer, the machines shut down her body to repair other defects they discovered. In the process, they erased her personality. The same thing will soon happen to Jeanie, who has epilepsy. After the nanites shut down her brain for repairs, she'll never be the same again.

Having been searching for McKay and Jeanie all this time, Sheppard finally identifies Wallace as the culprit. He and Ronon assault the building and free the siblings. Back at Stargate Command, McKay puts Jeanie into an induced coma and breaks her legs to distract the nanites for a few hours. He must write a code to shut the nanites down, but the task is too great for him to accomplish on his own.

At his request, the Wraith prisoner from Atlantis — an expert on Replicator code — is transported to Earth to help him. The Wraith agrees to assist because this project might someday lead to the Replicators' destruction, but he is weak. He hasn't fed on a human in days. Soon, he collapses. Unless someone is sacrificed to his terrible hunger, Jeanie will die.

Cast

Guest Stars

Production

Related Articles

Keywords

Other

Related Links

Official

Fan

Production Notes

  • "...I'm revealing the working title for episode nine: Miller's Crossing. I like it. We’ll see if it sticks." [Miller is the married name of Rodney McKay's sister, Jeanie, played by David Hewlett's real-life sister, Kate Hewlett.] (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog)
  • "Reunion, Missing, and Miller's Crossing offer varying degrees of darkness." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 3 blog)
  • "Martin’s top secret script, Miller’s Crossing, offers a glimpse at a much more sympathetic, vulnerable McKay." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 12 blog)
  • "As for which episodes fans should be looking forward to most for each member of the team - it‘s tough to say only because my opinion could be very different from fan opinion especially when you start factoring in the different fan factions. But, in my opinnion, I’d say: [...] Miller’s Crossing for McKay [...]" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog)
  • "The director’s cut of Miller’s Crossing came in a little long which will probably mean a scene or two not making the cut - but hopefully finding their way onto a future Deleted Footage Special Feature. By the way, guest star Steven Culp is terrific in this one." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 2 blog)
  • Joseph Mallozzi identified this episode in conjunction with the fan comment: "Speaking of which, I second the wish someone had yesterday for some good McShep — er, McKay/Sheppard friendship moments, of the not-nearly-so-snarky, plenty-angsty variety." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 3 blog)
  • "Actually three great mixes of late: ...Miller’s Crossing (With that incredibly angsty McKay-Sheppard scene.)" (Joseph Mallozzi's October 31 blog)

Further Reading

--DeeKayP 07:48, 1 June 2007 (PDT)

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